Effect of pessary use on genital hiatus measurements in women with pelvic organ prolapse

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-636

  Jones, Keisha ^a   Yang, Linda ^a   Lowder, Jerry L ^a   Meyn, Leslie ^a   Ellison, Rennique ^a   Zyczynski, Halina M ^a   Moalli, Pamela ^a,b   Lee, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL HIATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA PESSARY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

BENDAMUSTINE; CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; PESSARIES; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 55949112212     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318181879f     Document Type: Article

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